• J-Bone@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    10 days ago

    I don’t mind new takes on a series and even occasional inconsistencies and unbelievable moments. For example, I really enjoyed the Aliens: Phalanx novel even though it suffers from many of the same issues I noticed in the first three episodes of Alien: Earth (distracting YA themes, unbelievable plot devices, plot pacing), but it offered it’s own experience. While reading the novel, I was curious about the world, I wanted to find out what happens next.

    I just didn’t feel anything while watching the first three episodes, it felt like some random scenes without much point other than to make a somewhat generic Alien themed streaming mass market action-scifi show.

    I might check out E05 at a later date. But for now, the series is on hold for me.

    I will note that I didn’t watch Foundation (not interested in watching a random show with a Foundation setting, it’s like reading a fanfic) and I immediately dropped The Man in the High Castle after 1-2 episodes once I realized they merely took the setting and completely ignored the main point of the book.